Dark Matter

2.04 We Were Family
Concentrating on the personal stories of characters is adding depth to the series.
Case in point -- the android and her quest to transcend her programming to become more human.
I did not suspect that the guy who picked her up in the shopping mall and so frequently got her to say "OK" was a member of an emancipated, advanced model android group. I thought he was some unscrupulous bottom-feeder who would reprogram her and sell her -- as in AMC's Humans.
You just know she's going to install that device and humanize herself. I hope it performs as promised. Crew reactions should be fun.
Boone's backstory was another good investment. I was sorry that his "family reunion" was so short. His gutshot "step-dad" was still kicking when Boone took the kidnap victim from the cabin, which makes me think he might show up again.
Additional developments for Nyx, Devin and Six promise more complexity as season two continues.
 
2.05 We Voted Not to Space You
And also not to give you a whole lot of screen time in this episode
Wow. Give an android a humanizing "upgrade," and you get one kick-ass operative!
My sympathy goes out to Marc Bendavid, who has joined what must be a fairly exclusive group of actors to have three characters killed in the same series. R.I.P. "One," Derrick Moss and Jace Corso. OK. One was really a surgically altered Moss, but that's still three (kind of). :D
 
REBerg said:
2.05 We Voted Not to Space You
And also not to give you a whole lot of screen time in this episode
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Like I've said before, the android is my favorite character. Even more so now. :D Still not thrilled with the dialogue and character interaction, however.
 
2.05 We Voted Not to Space You
If the writers would add a little more humourous give-and-take, I think the dialogue and character interaction would benefit greatly. I wouldn't want to see a big boost in drama. I don't see this as that kind of show.
Three doesn't seem to know how to relate to the humanized android. I laughed when she slapped him on his butt and asked what it took for a girl to get a compliment. :LOL:
The android's diagnostic version of herself appearing to act as her conscience is an interesting element.
 
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2.07 She's One of Them Now

Now they're going places!

Blink Drive! Yeah! Corporate butt-kickings coming!
 
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2.08 Stuff to Steal, People to Kill
Holy “Mirror, Mirror”!
Nothing like a trip to a parallel universe to show the crew of the Raza just how despicable they were in their universe before the memory wipes. And actor Marc Bendavid, as parallel universe Jace Corso, is killed yet again! Tough to be so expendable.
 
Han Solo: "Luke, we're gonna have company." And in pretty much every other western shoot 'em up, that quote gets used. So why should I be disappointed when it gets used two or three times in this last episode? I guess I keep hoping for some originality. And, yes, Star Trek did it better.
 
2.09 Going Out Fighting

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I just might learn to love this show again.

All of the crew members (and yes, even Three) putting themselves at risk to save Two was heartwarming. Lots more to like: including a voyage to Earth, a space elevator, a Terminator, space demon possession, the Nyx and Four "Grapplefest" and a hot chocolate-stealing android. To top it all off, Wil Wheaton seems to have finally embraced his true thespian calling, playing a villain. After all, he already had the hate fan base he earned as Wesley Crusher. What did he have to lose?:LOL:
 
2.10 Take the Shot

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Back to tedium aboard ship for this episode

Hallucinations controlled by a simulation. Can't say that I was overly impressed by this one.

I think that the android is heading the plot often enough that it's time she was christened. How about Annie?
 
Ok, I just watched the first episode. Pretty interesting ending.
 
I really like this series - I suspect that you could argue that this is the spiritual successor to Blake's 7
 
REBerg said:
2.10 Take the Shot


Back to tedium aboard ship for this episode

Hallucinations controlled by a simulation. Can't say that I was overly impressed by this one.

I think that the android is heading the plot often enough that it's time she was christened. How about Annie?
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Actually, I kind of liked this episode, although I have to 'fess up at the outset that the android is my favorite character. The only knock on it was that it was pretty obvious where the story was going fairly early into it.

The last two combined episodes were somewhat interesting, although I got tired of all the recycled dialogue from all other TV space operas ("on screen", etc.) I am left wondering how future character interactions will go and how resurfacing memories will make it intriguing or just more confrontational. I guess we'll see.
 
2.11 Wish I'd Spaced You When I Had the Chance

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Out and about!

Be it ever so much more entertaining, R&R for the Raza crew members means trouble. Things tend to go terribly wrong when you're simultaneously being hunted by the Galactic Authority and the ultimate actuarial cult, Hansmeed and the Seers.

I thought the Danker Brothers were working for someone else when they snatched Five from the marketplace. Considering their actual plans, they all got what they deserved with Three's shotgun justice.

Three again revealed the heart of gold beating beneath his gruff, bad-boy exterior. Five immediately saw through his attempt to save her through alienation. His willingness to take full blame for the Iriden-3 bomb that killed 15,000 was a surprise.
 
2.11 Sometimes in Life You Don't Get to Choose

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Holy Red Wedding!

The Emperor Ishida Ryo formerly known as Four may have been justified in immediately executing his enemies (as well as those annoying Seers) upon claiming the Zairon throne, but he should have spared his step-brother.

Hiro had cooperated with Four's planned coup in every way. As he had never really wanted the throne, killing him was an unnecessary act of violence. Five was right in her feelings that the Raza crew members are better off without the memories of their bloodthirsty former selves.

I found it difficult to believe that the Raza's crew would commit all of its resources, including the blink drive, to restoring Four as emperor of Zairon. He would not make a trustworthy ally in the looming corporate intergalactic war.

It's noteworthy that the android once again saved the day.
 
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